Latin Books and the Eastern Orthodox Clerical Elite in Kiev, 1632-1780Founded in 1632, the library of the Kiev Mohyla Academy went up in flames in 1780. Encompassing predominantly humanist, scholastic and homiletic titles in Latin yet placed in a heartland of Eastern Orthodox territories, the library was something of an anomaly for its time. However, this made it a hotbed of cultural interaction, and during this period the library collections offered East Slavic intellectuals a comprehensive introduction to Western printed matter. Those books brought along with them not only a new pattern of knowledge, but also an awareness of the diversity and multiplicity of views which the educated could hold. This is the first history of the library of the Kiev Mohyla Academy ever written, and by telling its story the author considers a range of themes, such as the preservation of Byzantine legacy in the European cultural heritage, the evolution of education, the formation of library collections and maintenance of libraries, the book trade and migration of books throughout the continent, and the impact of printed books on the intellectual development in the period. |
Contents
The future written in the stars? The historical background | 17 |
Peter Mohyla and his college | 39 |
Mohylas private library | 66 |
the library from within | 87 |
Completely destroyed? The 1780 fire and the surviving books | 125 |
Common terms and phrases
Academiae Kijowiensis Illustrissimus academy library ADOIKA akademii Anno Domini applicavit Bibliothecae Academiae Apud Archimandritae Donensis Barlaami authors Barlaami Łaszczewski applicatus biblioteki Bibliotheca Sanctissimae Synodi Bibliothecae Academiae Kijowiensis bindings book collection Bransk Byzantine Cambridge catalogue Catholic Caves Monastery Church Slavonic Cossacks Cracow CSHAU(K culture donated Donensis Barlaami Łaszczewski early modern East Slavs eighteenth century Episcopi European Ex Bibliotheca Sanctissimae Ex Libris Ex Libris Archimandritae Feofan Prokopovich Golubev Greek Hetman Hunc Librum applicavit Iesu illustrissimi intellectual Jesuit Jesuit library Kiev Academy Kiev College Kiev Mohyla Academy Kievskii mitropolit Kiiouiensis Latin librarian library stock Libris Archimandritae Donensis Librum applicavit Bibliothecae Lipsiae Lithuania Lvov manuscript Marghita Mohilaeani Moscow Muscovy Officina Orthodox Church ownership inscription Peter Mohyla Petrus Mohiła Archiepiscopus Poland Polish Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth printed books published Russian Ruthenian Sanctissimae Synodi membri Sarsensis et Podonensis seventeenth century St Petersburg Sumptibus surviving books theology tion titles Typis Ukraine Ukrainian VNLU Western Zaborovsky